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“Perfect Timing. Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Clocks in the Hermitage”
“Perfect Timing. Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Clocks in the Hermitage” – an exhibition with that title opened in the Hermitage on 25 October 2016.
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Opening of the exhibition “Icons of Modern Art. The Shchukin Collection from the State Hermitage and State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts”
On 22 October 2016, the exhibition “Icons of Modern Art. The Shchukin Collection from the State Hermitage and State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts” opened at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.
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Talks in North America
Between 7 and 12 October 2016, Mikhail Piotrovsky had talks with the new leadership of the Hermitage Museum Foundation (USA) and its chairman Torkom Demirjian in Boston, New York and Bentonville.
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Presentation of a Rock Crystal Lamp after Restoration
On 13 October 2016, the Hall of Italian Majolica in the New Hermitage was the settings for the presentation of a rock crystal lamp that has been restored with the support of the House of Cartier.
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Opening of the Fore-Hall of the Winter Palace after Repair and Restoration Work
14 October 2016 saw the reopening of the Fore-Hall of the Winter Palace after repair and restoration work.
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Launch of the White, Red and Black Books of the Worldwide Club of Petersburgers
On 14 October 2016, the official hotel of the State Hermitage was the venue for the launch of the White, Red and Black Books of the Worldwide Club of Petersburgers, published with the support of Saint Petersburg’s Committee for the Press and Relations with the Mass Media.
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Visit by the President of Serbia
On 13 October 2016, the President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, and his wife visited the State Hermitage.
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End of the Master Class on the Restoration of a Chinese Silk Scroll in the Laboratory for the Scientific Restoration of Oriental Painting
From 5 to 29 September 2016, a master class was held in the Laboratory for the Scientific Restoration of Oriental Painting on “The study of the theory and practice of restoration of traditional Chinese silk scrolls” as part of a project of collaboration between the State Hermitage and the Shanghai M
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The 7th International Conference “Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art” in the Hermitage
On 11 October 2016, the Hermitage Theatre was the venue for the opening of the 7th International Conference “Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art”, an academic forum held annually by Saint Petersburg State University and Moscow State University with the support of leading Russian museums. Th
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Concert Evening in the Assembly Hall of the Menshikov Palace “Foretellers of Truth. Claus Sluter’s Well of Moses”
On 8 October, a fresh season of Evenings in the Assembly Hall of the Menshikov Palace opened, a season that will be dedicated to “Great Works of World Art and Music”.
Read onThe State Hermitage clarifies
Following incorrect information published in the media regarding the dates of free entry to the Menshikov Palace, the State Hermitage clarifies once again that entry to the Menshikov Palace by free-of-charge individual tickets as part of the joint project with the Sberbank of Russia will be availabl
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Inauguration of the Five Shades of Black Ink project
On 5 October, a project began in the rooms of the Youth Centre that introduces people to the fundamental principles of Japanese art and Japanese aesthetics.
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16th International Theoretical and Practical Conference “The Roerich Legacy”
On 7 October 2016, the Council Hall of the State Hermitage was the venue for the opening of the 16th International Theoretical and Practical Conference “The Roerich Legacy”.
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Opening of the Exhibition “St Petersburg Moderne. 1890s–1910s. Style and Society Fashion”
On 5 October 2016 the exhibition “St Petersburg Moderne. 1890s–1910s. Style and Society Fashion” opened at the Hermitage-Kazan Centre.
Read onThe State Hermitage informs
On 24 September 2016, members of the State Hermitage’s Museum Security Service together with officers from the police detachment on guard duty at the museum responded to an alarm caused by the reported discovery of an unattended briefcase on the landing of the Jordan Staircase.
Read onThe State Hermitage informs
On 5 October 2016, Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky sent the following letter to Polad Bülbüloğlu, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Russian Federation, and Oleg Yesayan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Russi
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Scholarly seminar “The Calvatone Victory: problems of research and restoration”
The Russian-German scholarly seminar “The Calvatone Victory: problems of research and restoration” took place on 4 October 2016.
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Performance of the Opera Tsefal i Prokris in the Hermitage Theatre
On 4 October 2016, as part of the international festival Earlymusic, the Hermitage Theatre was the venue for a performance of the opera Tsefal i Prokris (Cephalus and Procris), a resurrected masterpiece created by the composer Francesco Araia and the poet Alexander Sumarokov to a commission from Emp
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Students’ Day
On 2 October the Hermitage held its Students’ Day, an event that traditionally takes place on the first Sunday in October, and opens the new educational season for the State Hermitages Youth Centre.
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Opening of the exhibition “African Art of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries. Sergei Girdin’s Gift to the State Hermitage in 2015–16”
The exhibition marks the continuation of the Hermitage’s formation of a collection of African art, which was previously practically unrepresented in the museum’s stocks.
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